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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 16, 1950)
Aqua-Ducks Threaten Records in OSC Meet By 1*1111. JOHNSON Oregon University's varsity swimmers hope to break some all time Oregon records when they meet Oregon State in the local Mens’ Pool Saturday afternoon. '“"Joe”Nishimoto, who shattered three enemy pool records during the Ducks’ recent invasion o fthe In land Empire country, has an ex cellent chance to become a mem ber of the all-time all-Oregon swimming team. In order to qual ify for that position, he must swim the 220 or 440-yard freestyle faster than the present members of the all-time team have done. One of the present members, Ft. Smith, swam the 220 with a time of 2:19.0, and Nishimoto will become a mem ber is he breaks that mark. Smith, who graduated in 1943, also qualified for the all-time all Oregon team in the 440-yard free style, which he swam with a mark at 5:07.0. Nishimoto has an excel lent chance to brea kthis record Saturday. Santo Shows Speed In the 100-yard freestyle, Louis Santos or Bill Vannatta can be come members of the alll-time team by negotiating the course in less than 54.1 seconds. Santos shattered that mark Tuesday in a practice swim as he completed the tour in 53.4 seconds, but his record is un official, since it was not made in an official meet. Vannatta swam the 100 yard's in 54.3 seconds yesterday afternoon in another unofficial practice swim. Stan Hargrave also has a chance to qualify for the all-time all-Ore gon squad. If he can break Earl Walters’ mark of 1:02.8 in the 100 yard backstroke, he will be placed on the squad as a 300-yard medley relay man. Hargrave’s best time this year was 1:04.0. Santos, Nishimoto, Vannatta, CPI rase turn to faae six) WSC Rules ND Scoring Guisness Trails Conley Towering Gene Conley of Wash ington State has managed to main tain his 14-plus average per game to lead the Northern Division scor ing parade into the final weeks of the 1950 basketball season. Conley has averaged 14.5 points jiv 12 games, and is trailed by j Washington’s sensational sopho more, Frank Guisness, who sports an average of 13.4 points a game. The WSC center also has the highest percentage for field goals made in the Northern Division. He Jins made 59 of his 143 attempts from the field good for .413. Two of his mates, Eddie Gayda and lieon Mangis, hold down second and third spots. Another Cougar, Lloyd Schmick, rates the highest free throw per centage figure in the ND. On 20 trips to the foul line he has scored 17 tosses for an .850 average. Guisness, who has been to the free throw line 60 times, is second with an .800 average. Washington has continued to set the scoring pace in the Northen Division. The Huskies have aver aged 54.7 points a game, and the Cougars are second with a 51.9 average. The Cougars have the best team averages in field goals and free throws. From the field the men from Pullman figure to .334 and from the foul line their average is .709. HEY GIRLS! Just Arrived Those Ever Popular SPECTATOR BOOTS » FUR CUFFS » ZIPPER FRONT » FLEECE LINING $5.95 NOW AT WE GIVE (SOLD AltiSOW STAMPS < IKGOM UTFITTI-ltS f WE KEDEEM GOLD ARROW STAMPS 61 EAST BROADWAY EUGENE \\ K SELL FOlt LESS BECAUSE WE SELL FOR CASH Beavers Sweep Vandals; Deadeyes Cop Final 60-46 Delts, Minturn Tie For Cage League Lead By CLYDE FAHLMAN Thursday’s Schedule Handball 4:00 ATO vs. Campbell Club Basketball 3:50 McChesney A vs. Phi Sig A 3:50 YMCA A vs. French A 4:35 Phi Delt A vs. Sig Ep A 4:85 Yeomen A vs. Phi Psi A 5:15 Lambda Chi A vs. Sigma Nu A 5:15 Merrick A vs. Phi Delt A One vitally important game and two “also ran” tilts were on Wed nesday’s IM basketball slate. The winners were Delta Tau Delta, Del ta Upsilon, and the Agates. An exceptionally rugged game saw the Delts smack Phi Kappa Sigma 15-9 and gain the co-champ ionship with Minturn for league one. Minturn and the Delts will have a post-season game before the finals to decide the number one spot. In an earlier fracas the Delts tipped Minturn 19-15. Paul Barrow paced the Delt win with five points although Bill Ly ons, Phi Kap guard, was high for the game with seven. At half-time the winners led 11-3. Off and Running “Indoor” track was the theme as the Agates squeezed out a 11-8 win over the Philadelphia House. The 8-6 half-time score favored the Agate quint. In the only “B” game on the slate Delta Upsilon toppled the Campbell Club 29-8. The winners led 7-4 at half-time. Clyde Jones and Forrest Garrigus paced the winners with nine and eight points respectively. Roy Brothers had six for the losers. Sigma Chi reached the quarter finals of handball competition with a "3-0” victory over Minturn. Jack Smith and Pat Wohlers scored singles victories; Darhl Davis and Tom MacDonald teamed up for the doubles win. Duck Aqua-Gals Outpaddle OSC With a final score of 32-16, the Amphibians defeated the Sea horses, swimming' club of OSC, in an informal “playday meet” in Cor vallis, Feb. 11. All swimmers participated in “Musical Boards” with Sharon Langdon of State winning the indi vidual free style and the Amphibs capturing the rest. The breast stroke and back crawl was won by Joan Skordahl, while the “Let ’er Rip” relay winners were Delores Parrish and Shirley Smart. CORVALLIS — Oregon State beat the Idaho Vandals 60-49 here tonight before 5,460 fans to sweep the two game series and keep in the running for Northern Division basketball title honors. The Beavers showed better shoot ing and floor work tonight and they often stole the ball from the Van dals during the second half. Idaho never took the lead during the match, But the Vandals did tie the Beavers four times in the first half at 2, 4, 11, and 13. Haltftime score was OSC 27 and Idaho 23. OSC’s biggest first half lead was eight points. Bob Payne paced the Beavers with game scoring honors with 17 points. Bob Pritchett led the Vandals. Shooting accuracy tells much of the game’s story. Oregon State hit a high average of .460 by sinking 23 out of 50 shots. Idaho ended up with a .283 average on 17 baskets on 60 tries. Idaho goes to Eugene for a two game series with Oregon this week end. Oregon State is idle until Feb. 24 when it plays Oregon here. Oregon State 60 Idaho 4o Payne,, F ....17 Pritchett, F ..,.14 Snyder, F. 2 Mead, F,.11 Kinney, C. 6 Wheeler, C.4 Holman, G 12 Geisler, G.8 Orr, G.11 Jenkins, G .1 Ballantyne, G.. 2 Barkeh, F.6 Padgett, F 6 Red, F.0 Nau, C . 4 Irons, F .2 ' White, F.0 Totals.60 Totals .46 Gordon Signs With Cleveland CLEVELAND, O.—(UP) —The Cleveland Indians Wednesday an nounced the signing of Second Baseman Joe Gordon, who pre viously had expressed a desire to bow out of major league baseball. The veteran Gordon, who at 35 is still regarded one of the best second basemen in the business, came to terms with General Manager Hank Greenberg in a long distance tele phone call from his home in Eu gene, Ore. Greenberg said Gordon had sign ed a one year contract at the same salary he received in 1949. He was and it was believed that a pay cut paid a reported $35,000 last year of $5000 in the first contract mail ed him for this year has been re stored. “The matter of Joe’s salary was never really a problem,” Green berg said. “Joe had asked us for his unconditional release so that he could manage a club in the Pacific Coast League. “We could hardly comply with this request in view of the fact that Gor don is still the best second baseman in the American League.” TWO Essential Services In Eugene your two most important home services— Water and Electricity—are pro\ ided by municipally owned utilities. Rates are LOW. Service is DEPENDABLE EUGENE WATER BOARD Lambda Chis Outrun Chi Psi In IM Track By JACK LANDRUD Lambda Chi nosed out Chi Psi by the closest of all possible margins, 30-29, in intramural track action yesterday afternoon in the gymna sium’s unfinished area. A conflict arose over the finish •of the last and deciding event of the day, the 160 yard relay. After run ning the event a second time, the judges gave the first place ribbon to the Lambda Chi quartet whose time was 16.5 seconds, which broke the previous record of 16.8 held by Sigma Nu. Crakes of Lambda Chi took scor ing honors for the meet with firsts in the Broad Jump with a leap of 18 feet, 7 inches, and the 40 yard dash with a time of 5 seconds, be sides running anchor on the win ning relay team. The Chi Psis scored a clean sweep in the High Jump with Preston Holt winning at a height of 5 feet, 4 in ches, and a tie for second between Chuck Strader and George Gibson at tlifc 5 foot, 2 inch mark. Complete results: 40 hurdles: (1) Wilkes, LC; (2) Gibson, Chi Psi; (3) Coleman, LC— 5.06. 40 yard dash: (1) Crakes, 1X3: (2) P. Holt, Chi Psi; (3) Gross, Chi Psi—5.0. y4 mile: (1) Patterson, Chi Psi; (2) Bate, Chi Psi; (3) Knollin, 1X3 —3.57 minutes. Broad Jump: (1) Crakes, 1X3; (2) Wilkie, LC; (3) J. Holt, Chi Psi. 18’7”. High Jump: (1) P. Holt; (2) C. Strader; (3) G. Gibson, all Chi Psi 5’4”. Shot Put: (1) Smith LC; (2) Ruf ner, Chi Psi; (3) Clemens, Chi Psi 37’2”. Relay: Lambda Chi: (Wilkie, Smith, Crakes, Davis). Sharman Proves Whole Show in South's Scoring A month of inactivity iri Confer ence basketball action apparently didn’t dull the shoottng eye of Southern California’s Bill Shar man, who has made a one-man show out o fthe PCC Southern Divi sion scoring race. When the Southern teams resum ed action last week the Trojan sharpshooter threw in 48 points on one weekend. That boosted his six game PCC total to 138 points—an average of 23 points a game. That average gives him a comfortable bulge over George Yardley of Stan ford, who has averaged 16.8 points a game. More Sharman Sharman also leads in free throw percentages and is second to his team mate, Stan Christie in field (Please turn to page sir) Duck Scoring Figures Jack Keller is pacing Oregon's marksmen according to reuslts of the Webfoot’s first 12 Northern Di vision games. The sharpshooting guard has a 8.9 game average and 107 points to put him slightly above Paul Sow ers. The Baker, Oregon Forward has hit for 99 points and an 8.3 av erage. Dale Warberg leads the club in percentage with .364 but has scored only 48 points.